St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-10
Before Leaving Alliance Reid
Wrote His Wife to Get
a Divorce.
He Claims to Have Had Pre-
vious Intercourse With
Maud CoulSon.
His Father Visits Him and
Employs Counsel in His
g. Defense.

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cradle attention when it was wide
spread about among the crowd that they
were Lieut. Cook and his prisoner, Hal
Reid, who is brought back to answer
the charge of raping Maud Coulson in
West ST.. Paul Just one week ago.
There was nothing to show that one was
an officer of the law and the other a
prisoner, charged with the most serious
crime against humanity. They walked
leiSurely through the depot, Ogled by
the bystanderS, and, entering a cab,
were driven rapidly to the office of
Chief of Police Clark, where they again
alighted. a..
When Lieut.. Cook arrived at ALI
ance, Ohio. where Reid was first taken
into custody, he found the smiling
poetaster enjoying the full freedom of
the town, under the watchful surveil-
at the marshalS family table and was
treated more as a guest than as pris-
Oner. When told that if he would come
without a requisitiOn he would not be
handcuffed he aSSented readily, and at
1:25 Thursday morning they started
upon their return journey. Before
leaving Reid distinguished himself in
his usual way by writing column vim
dication for the local paper, winding up
WlI0 IOur
.STANZAS OF POETRY,
in which he expressed his gratitude to
Marshal Stacey for kind treatment. He
also wrote short letter to his wife in
Cincinnati, saying:
am here under arrest on charge of rap
ing girl named Maud Coulson in ST. Paul.
leave for st. Paul to-day to answer the
charge. am not guilty of raping the girl,
but did have criminal Intercourse with her,
and this will come out in the trial. You can
get a divorce on the ground of adultery, and
better apply for one Immediately.
This letter he showed to Lieut.. Cook
before mailing. They arrived in Chi
cago Thursday evening, and four hours
later resumed the journey to st. Paul.
Reid was good-natured and talkative on
the way, and kept constantly asserting
his innocence. The lieutenant INDUCED
his appetite in anything he desired I'M
til they reached St. Paul, when Reid
asked TO go to the Windsor hotel for a
cocktail, and was refused the request.
His manner is all affectation, and he
talks like the wronged hero in bad
melodrama. He was dressed in four
button cutaWay of dark material, which
was closely buttoned around his shapely
form. The collar and cuffs of
a striped black and white dress
shirt showed modestly from his
neck and sleeves, and were very dirty.
The only things about him that did not
look travel-Stained were his constant
smile, his pretty blonde mustache with
curled ends and shiny silk hat with
wide band of crepe, which was stuck
carelessly on one side of his round
head.
While in the chiefs office he talked
glibly all the time, addressing his con-
versatiOn to first one and then another
of the reporters and officials. He first
spoke to Chief Clark.
''Chief. have come all the way here
from Alliance. o., with Officer Cook and
he has treated me
LIKE A PRINCE.
[ want to say that in all my newspaper
and theatrical experience | have never
met a more thorough gentleman. He
found me walking the streets of AL
lance without fear, and he will tell you
! am not guilty of the crime. Anyway,
he told me so not twenty minutes ago."
Lieut.. Cook interposed, Il can't say that
until you have had your trial That's for the
court to decide
To the reporters Reid was more reti-
cent. He declined at first to say any
thing until he had seen his attorney.
Said he:
"All can say is that I am positively not
guilty, 1t is very peculiar that Maud, her
self, hasn't made any statement. Another
peculiar thing is that the complaint was not
made for four days after they say the thing
was done. Have acted like man who had
committed such a crime. Why, have never
tried to conceal my identity at all, and have
used my own name freely, and want to say
right here, that L m proud of the name.''
Reid then showed contract with Col.
w. w. EdingS, who is organizing the
atrIcal company to go OH the road from
Alliance, in which Reid, under his stage
name of Harold Rutledge, signed to pay
leading pats at $50 week and ex-
penses, the season to begin Sept. IL.
Then he went on: ..What / candidly
think about this thing is that it's case
of blackmail. They thought father had
little money and supposed they could
get get some of it bytmaking this COM
plaintiff $
Regarding the letter which Mrs Will
Jams claims to have received from him,
in which he said he would get divorce
frOmhis wife and marry Maud, he said:
My wife left me about eight weeks ago and
took the baby asked her to leave the
baby's picture and she wouldn't even do that:
did tell Mrs. Williams that my wife would
be glad to get rid of me and could give her
good excuse and then would marry Maud.
1t may have been with this intention
that Reid penned the letter to his wife
quoted above. That would give a new
colOringSto the case. Reid was quiet for
some time after saying this. He was
then asked:
What do you know about the previous
character of Maude Coulsony''
Nothing he replied indiffe rently
Did you ever have anything to do with
her before that Friday?''
''Yes, did, said he coloring q little, 81
had intercourse with her the day before
A CALL FROM Ills FATHER.
Reid Wasremoyed to the county jail
at O'CLOCK, and sat in the corridor at
the head of the stairs talking to visi-
tor when the doors opened and his
father and Capt. Hart. of Minneapolis,
were allowed to enter. Capt. Hart
Reid loomed up behind The son
rushed halfway down stairs with his
hand extended, and totally ignoring the
attorney, reached for his fathers hand.
DR.. Reid made no move or sign, but Hal
got hold of his hand and shook it.
Father, called the son, but DR.. Reid's
lips only moved. He did not speak.
Silently he followed the son and le-
gal adviser across the corridor to the
other sideIof the Jail. Then he said,
sternly: S -
Hal, is there any truth in this charges"
Hal advanced, with good deal of af-
fectation, and extending his hand re-
pied:
Father, believe me, 1 am innocent
But hiss father did not return the
grasp. He looked blankly out of the
window. qi:-ga--e5. 80
Hal helaout his hand little further,
and repeated: -
Father, you must believe me. am inno-
cent Surely you do not believe 1 could be
guilty of such crime as that
DR.. Reid's features did not relax from
their sternness. He lifted three fingers
of his right ehand, coldly, and just
touched the hand of his son. 1t was
very cold greeting.
Hal did not notice it, however. He